17 MAY 1935, Page 6

* * * It is particularly fortunate „that the Office

of Works; which has had so much responsibility for Jubilee arrange ments, particularly the arrangements in Westminster Hall on - Tuesday, has I: ad at its head at this tithe- Mr. Ormsby-Gore: No man could have done it better, for in addition to his great gifts' of organization he has a fine taste and is also a first-class antiquarian. He has a greater knowledge and appreciation of ancient monti: ments than any man in -the House, and it was -entirely due to him that there was not a single false note in the de- coration of Westminster Hall. Mr. Ormsby-Gore has never really had his deserts in politics. He is fit for much more important work than looking after parks and buildings, • * *